Ivan Marić (footballer, born 1994)

Ivan Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Марић; born 3 August 1994) is a Serbian footballer who played for Hong Kong First Division club King Fung.

This article is about the Serbian association football player born 1994. For the Australian rules footballer, see Ivan Maric.
Ivan Marić
Personal information
Full name Ivan Marić
Date of birth (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994
Place of birth Čačak, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Sweeper,
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Borac Čačak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Sloboda Čačak 0 (0)
2013–2014 Zvezdara – (–)
2014 Polet Ljubić 0 (0)
2015 Sloga Kraljevo 10 (0)
2015–2016 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 20 (0)
2016 Lokomotíva Zvolen 3 (0)
2017 Jagodina 12 (0)
2017–2018 Mosta 19 (1)
2018–2019 Wong Tai Sin 12 (3)
2019–2020 King Fung 10 (4)
National team
2010 Serbia U-17 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Early years

Born in Čačak, Marić came through the youth academy of his local side Borac Čačak.[1] He later moved to another local club Sloboda Čačak. In the 2013-14 season, he played for Zvezdara in the Belgrade Zone League. [2]

Professional career

In early 2015, as a young prospect at the age of 20, Marić moved up two tiers to join Serbian First League club Sloga Kraljevo. He would make 10 appearances up to the end of 2014–15 season. After the season,[3] Marić moved abroad to pursue a trial at Macedonian side Mladost Carev Dvor.[4]

After spending the 2015–16 season with Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje in the Montenegrin Second League,[5] Marić moved to Lokomotíva Zvolen, with which he stayed until the end of 2016.[6]

In March 2017, now a professional with foreign experience, Marić returned to his home country Serbia’s First League, signing with Jagodina.[7] That summer, Marić took his experience abroad to the Maltese Premier League, joining Mosta.[6]

Asia

In the 2018-19 season, Marić took a leap away from his home continent. Playing in the Hong Kong First Division, he was a registered foreign player for Wong Tai Sin, alongside veteran compatriot Ivan Kurtušić.

In the 2019-20 season, he was invited to join King Fung in the same division. His performances for the club received positive comments from the media, as he went on the scoresheet 4 times despite the season having been shortened by the pandemic.[8]

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Career statistics

Club
As of 21 January 2018[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sloga Kraljevo 2014–15 First League 100———100
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 2015–16[5] Second League 20030——230
Lokomotíva Zvolen 2016–17 2. Liga 3010——40
Jagodina 2016–17 First League 80———80
Mosta 2017–18 Premier League 12110——131
Career total 53150——581

Honours
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje

References
  1. "Susreti sa sportistima: Ivan Marić i Stefan Stojanović dvojac uz kormilara". srpskopero.rs (in Serbian). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. "Maric, Ivan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. "Kraljevačka Sloga u tunelu". kraljevo-cafe.com (in Serbian). 12 July 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. "Summer transfers roundup for top two leagues". macedonianfootball.com. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. "Player Information - Ivan Marić". Football Association of Montenegro. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. Ivan Marić at Soccerway
  7. ""FUDBAL" 12/17 - page 773" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 22 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. "東方日報C1：10億千金黃文意暗交「港甲星爵」". on.cc. 8 June 2020.
  9. "教練團隊". L&L Soccer Academy. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. "Jedinstvo se vratilo u prvu ligu! (Video)". bijelo-polje.com (in Serbian). 8 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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